Tityus (genus)

Taxobox | name = "Tityus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Scorpiones
familia = Buthidae
genus = "Tityus"
familia_authority = C. L. Koch, 1836
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Tityus" is a large genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. There are currently 185 described species distributed throughout the Caribbean and South America and in Central America as far north as Costa Rica. The genus contains several dangerously venomous scorpions, the best known of which is the Brazilian yellow scorpion "T. serrulatus" whose venom can cause severe symptoms (which can include death in small children).

pecies

*"Tityus aba"
*"Tityus abudi"
*"Tityus acutidens"
*"Tityus adisi"
*"Tityus adrianoi"
*"Tityus ahincoi"
*"Tityus altithronus"
*"Tityus anasilviae"
*"Tityus androcottoides"
*"Tityus anduzei"
*"Tityus anneae"
*"Tityus antioquensis"
*"Tityus apiacas"
*"Tityus arellanoparrai"
*"Tityus argentinus"
*"Tityus asthenes"
*"Tityus atriventer"
*"Tityus bahiensis"
*"Tityus bahoruco"
*"Tityus barquisimetanus"
*"Tityus bastosi"
*"Tityus bellulus"
*"Tityus betschi"
*"Tityus birabeni"
*"Tityus blanci"
*"Tityus blaseri"
*"Tityus boconoensis"
*"Tityus bolivianus"
*"Tityus brazilae"
*"Tityus breweri"
*"Tityus cachipalensis"
*"Tityus caesarbarrioi"
*"Tityus canopensis"
*"Tityus carabobensis"
*"Tityus carinatoides"
*"Tityus caripitensis"
*"Tityus carvalhoi"
*"Tityus cerroazul"
*"Tityus championi"
*"Tityus charalaensis"
*"Tityus charreyroni"
*"Tityus chilensis"
*"Tityus clathratus"
*"Tityus columbianus"
*"Tityus confluens"
*"Tityus costatus"
*"Tityus crassimanus"
*"Tityus cuellari"
*"Tityus culebrensis"
*"Tityus dasyurus"
*"Tityus dedoslargos"
*"Tityus demangei"
*"Tityus dinizi"
*"Tityus discrepans"
*"Tityus dorae"
*"Tityus dulceae"
*"Tityus dupouyi"
*"Tityus ebanoverde"
*"Tityus ecuadorensis"
*"Tityus elii"
*"Tityus elizabethae"
*"Tityus engelkei"
*"Tityus erikae"
*"Tityus evandroi"
*"Tityus exstinctus"
*"Tityus falconensis"
*"Tityus fasciolatus"
*"Tityus festae"
*"Tityus filodendron"
*"Tityus florezi"
*"Tityus footei"
*"Tityus forcipula"
*"Tityus fuehrmanni"
*"Tityus funestus"
*"Tityus gaffini"
*"Tityus gasci"
*"Tityus gonzalespongai"
*"Tityus guaricoensis"
*"Tityus imei"
*"Tityus indecisus"
*"Tityus insignis"
*"Tityus intermedius"
*"Tityus irapaensis"
*"Tityus isabelceciliae"
*"Tityus ivicnancor"
*"Tityus jeanvellardi"
*"Tityus julianae"
*"Tityus jussarae"
*"Tityus kaderkai"
*"Tityus kuryi"
*"Tityus lamottei"
*"Tityus lancinii"
*"Tityus lokiae"
*"Tityus lourencoi"
*"Tityus lutzi"
*"Tityus macrochirus"
*"Tityus magnimanus"
*"Tityus manakai"
*"Tityus maranhensis"
*"Tityus martinpaechi"
*"Tityus matthieseni"
*"Tityus mattogrossensis"
*"Tityus melanostictus"
*"Tityus melici"
*"Tityus meridanus"
*"Tityus metuendus"
*"Tityus michelii"
*"Tityus microcystis"
*"Tityus monaguensis"
*"Tityus mongei"
*"Tityus mraceki"
*"Tityus mucusunamensis"
*"Tityus munozi"
*"Tityus neglectus"
*"Tityus neibae"
*"Tityus nelsoni"
*"Tityus nematochirus"
*"Tityus neoespartanus"
*"Tityus nororientalis"
*"Tityus obispoi"
*"Tityus obtusus"
*"Tityus ocelote"
*"Tityus osmanus"
*"Tityus oteroi"
*"Tityus ottenwalderi"
*"Tityus pachyurus"
*"Tityus paraensis"
*"Tityus paraguayensis"
*"Tityus parvulus"
*"Tityus perijanensis"
*"Tityus pictus"
*"Tityus pintodarochai"
*"Tityus pittieri"
*"Tityus pococki"
*"Tityus portoplatensis"
*"Tityus potameis"
*"Tityus prancei"
*"Tityus proseni"
*"Tityus pugilator"
*"Tityus pusillus"
*"Tityus quisqueyanus"
*"Tityus ramirezi"
*"Tityus raquelae"
*"Tityus rebieri"
*"Tityus riocaurensis"
*"Tityus rionegrensis"
*"Tityus roigi"
*"Tityus rojasi"
*"Tityus rondonorum"
*"Tityus rufofuscus"
*"Tityus rugosus"
*"Tityus rusmelyae"
*"Tityus sabineae"
*"Tityus sanarensis"
*"Tityus sarisarinamensis"
*"Tityus sastrei"
*"Tityus septentrionalis"
*"Tityus serrulatus"
*"Tityus shiriana"
*"Tityus silvestris"
*"Tityus simonsi"
*"Tityus soratensis"
*"Tityus stigmurus"
*"Tityus strandi"
*"Tityus surmeridensis"
*"Tityus surorientalis"
*"Tityus sylviae"
*"Tityus tamayoi"
*"Tityus tayrona"
*"Tityus tenuicauda"
*"Tityus thelyacanthus"
*"Tityus trinitatis"
*"Tityus trivittatus"
*"Tityus tucurui"
*"Tityus uniformis"
*"Tityus unus"
*"Tityus uquirensis"
*"Tityus urbinai"
*"Tityus uruguayensis"
*"Tityus vaissadai"
*"Tityus valerae"
*"Tityus venamensis"
*"Tityus wayuu"
*"Tityus ythieri"
*"Tityus zulianus"

References

* [http://tityus.eu/index.html T. C. van der Ende's "Tityus" page]
* [http://web.singnet.com.sg/~chuaeecc/venom/venom2.htm Guide to dangerous scorpions]